Artist Info: Clowndog

A New Zealand punk band originally from Nelson who relocated to Christchurch, won the Dux band competition (charming the crowd with such stunts as throwing meat at the audience), and using the profits to record and release their own debut (2001's The Cantankerous Mainstream). The Clowndog boys were frontman Spanky (guitar, vocals), Sherbert (bass), and Pants (drums). They ended up becoming regulars on Christchurch's RDU college radio station, even getting their own show before disappearing again in 2002. [read more...]